Calls for urgent rebuild of financial services for people living in rural and regional locations
The Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee today released a report which recommends investment in the financial services available in rural and regional Australia to make up for the loss of services from bank closures in recent years. There are 596 Australian towns which once had a major bank branch but now do […]
Rural Financial Counselling Service gets $61.9 million grants boost
The Australian government is investing $61.9 million in competitive grant funding for rural financial counselling services with applications closing 11 December 2020.